Quote from: braiins on January 29, 2019, 06:54:14 PM

NEW RELEASE: Braiins OS Cobalt is here with January release!

Current upgrades:

fan control completely rewritten (the automated fan control can be overridden and fan speed can be set manually)
firmware upgrade process is now more smooth
the web UI now contains an indicator of new release availability (+ single click to install)
macOS guide for factory firmware transition added
miner status web page no longer needs access to port 4028 of the miner, everything is provided via web proxy on the miner
miner status page is now the default section after login
...and much more!

Visit braiins-os.org for more information and downloads.

Any feedback is appreciated!

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Say goodbye to backdoors, closed systems and hidden features. Braiins OS is completely open-source and transparent.
The code is available to anyone to understand, audit and verify. And of course, you are invited to build on top of it.

Yay!, lets get that "...much more!" part detailed:

Quote from: https://github.com/braiins/braiins-os/blob/bos-release/whatsnew.md

2019-01-24-0

All mining hardware types

[feature] bOS now automatically detects availability of a new version. The web UI now contains an indicator of new release availability (+ single click to install)
[feature] firmware upgrade process is now more smooth when upgrading from bOS that is more than 2 releases old
[feature] miner status web page no longer needs access to port 4028 of the miner, everything is provided via web proxy on the miner
[feature] a new script discover.py scans the network range and provides information about bOS devices as well as factory firmware devices
[feature] fancontrol completely rewritten, all mining hardware now uses the same PID controller algorithm. The automated fan control can be overriden and fan speed can be set manually
[feature] it is now possible to run upgrade2bos.py with --dry-run parameter to create system backup and check if the firmware is likely succeed in transitioning to bOS
[feature] miner status page is now the default section after login
[feature] transition from factory firmware to bOS can now be supplied with a post-upgrade script that runs during the first boot of the machine running bOS for the first time. Official documentation provides more details.
[feature] macOS guide for factory firmware transition added
[feature] DHCP client now sends its system hostname to its DHCP server = there is a single source of truth with regards to the machine hostname

Antminer S9

[feature] upgrade to bOS is now possible for S9's running older firmware that has 4 NAND partitions
[feature] a multiplier allows changing frequency of either per-chip calibration settings from the factory or of user configured per hash board base frequency. Web interace adjusted accordingly. The functionality is also available through the API.
[feature] it is now possible to restore the factory firmware without having a backup of the original firmware. The configuration is tailored from the running bOS and the restore2factory.py tool can be supplied with a factory firmware image downloaded from manufacturer's website.
[feature] firmware now supports the reset button used for rebooting the machine. If the push button is held down for more than 5 seconds the machine is also "factory" reset and all bOS settings are erased (Note, that it doesn't switch back to original factory firmware)